Life
The Collarbone Press by
piecesofaliceShort, sharp look at Crews and Reese's partnership. "I don't want secrets from you, Reese."
His index finger slides up her neck, slightly, and she's suddenly so confused by the linking words underneath the spoken ones because it all seems to reaffirm that this man could be the most honest one she knows.
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Narnia
Little Sister by
edenfallingFascinating, chilling look at Jadis. "All the world was under me," she said again in the speech of Charn, and laughed bitterly. She almost -- but only almost -- wished she had not spoken the Deplorable Word. It was ironic: to speak once and render herself unintelligible forever after, unless she spoke in a foreign tongue.
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